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Why should child protection agencies adopt a kin-first approach?

The benefits of placing children in care with their relatives vs. traditional foster care include better health, safety, and opportunity for ...

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions ...

These kinship caregivers help children stay connected to their families and cultural identity, and research shows that children in foster care ...

Kinship Care and Child Protection in High-Income Countries

There are many benefits to kinship care, including improved child mental health and well-being when compared to other types of out-of-home care. Despite this, ...

KEEP® Connecting Kin (2023) - OSLC Developments, Inc.

Principal Investigator: Stacey S. Tiberio, Ph.D. ... For every child placed in kinship foster care in Oregon, it is estimated that there are 14 children being ...

Diverting Children from Foster to Kinship Care - Chapin Hall

5 Kinship diversion keeps children out of the foster care system; however ... However, informal (or private) kinship care was associated with greater declines in.

Kinship Care Toolkit | Office of Addiction Services and Supports

A parent's sudden absence can be due to residential care, hospitalization, incarceration, overdose/death. Kinship care keeps children safe and connected to ...

Kinship Care Reaches a New Statewide Milestone - CO4Kids

“Kinship care keeps families together, and research suggests that placing children and adolescents with relatives or kin relations enhances ...

Research* shows that broad kin networks are directly linked to better ...

Children and youth in the care of the child welfare system really care about the adults in their extended networks – regardless of whether ...

Relative Foster Care Is Increasing Among American Indian and ...

For AIAN children, youth, and families, kinship care is important for the continued connection to community and culture that support strong ...

Kinship foster care among African American youth

Many reasons exist for child welfare services to opt to place children with other family members when removed from the home. It is presumed that this process is ...

Child Trends Comments on Proposed Rule to Develop Separate ...

For the subset of these children who are in foster care or at risk of entering foster care, kinship care plays a unique role in keeping them ...

Recruiting and Retaining Families for Children and Youth in Foster ...

Connecting resource families—including formal, informal, and fictive kin—to services throughout placement supports their ability to help the children in ...

Kin-First - Foster Care Recruitment - OCFS

Keeps children connected to family and community · Improves emotional health and overall being · Increases placement stability · Reduces trauma”.

Kinship Care - Kids Central Inc.

Continuation Groups – Upon graduating from support groups, caregivers are encouraged to keep connected to the Kinship Program and the other caregivers they have ...

Research - KEEP: Evidence-Based Support for Families

Resource & Kinship Parents · Higher rates of positive parenting · Lower rates of harsh discipline · Reduced parent stress · Spillover of positive effects to other ...

What is Kinship Care? - KVC Kansas

In kinship foster care, relatives or non-related kin such as teachers or neighbors care for kids rather than traditional foster families.

The Kinship Caregiver's Role - South Carolina Department of Social ...

Kinship Caregivers caring for the child should work with biological parents to keep the family connected; unless that's prohibited by a court order. In most ...

Kinship Care - Province of British Columbia - Gov.bc.ca

Kinship care, sometimes referred to as an “out-of-care” agreement, is preferred for children and youth who cannot remain in their parental home ...

Kinship - Colorado Department of Human Services

Kinship caregivers are relatives, friends, neighbors and other people with a significant relationship to the child, youth or family.

What Is Kinship Care? - KVC West Virginia

Kinship care ensures that children maintain family contact that connects them to their roots, cultural heritage and traditions, which helps a ...